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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone will have to wear masks in school.  [/quote]

How's that going to work for lunch?

You might be able to get HS students to wear masks effectively other times, but what about elementary students?  Pre-K?

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ES kids can be in classrooms most of the day. Completely different scenario than HS. Much less mixing.  Lunch room can be kept by clas...even recess with some changes.  Mrs Smiths class in on the basketball courts today.  Mr Bs class is on the jungle gyms.  Mr Laks class is on the soccer fields.  Ideal no..but much better than no education.[/quote]

But Larla in Mrs. Smith's second grade class has a big brother Larlo in a fifth grade class and Lerlo in Mr. Bs second grade class has a little sister Lerla in K and classmates of both Larlo and Lerla have siblings in Mr. Laks second grade class, one of which wears their mask all the time, but moves it out of the way to pick their nose.

Meanwhile, while most parents may work from home in the Walter Johnson neighborhood, maybe one has a parent who is a doctor/nurse/EMT.  Maybe somebody has a big brother who goes to Takoma Park or a sister who goes to Eastern.  Maybe the cafeteria lady is married to a busdriver who drives people all over the county, including the Blair area.

I'm sure that every parent will be conscientious and make sure their child has a mask.  Moreover, kids have surely improved since my kids were young and will never forget or lose their masks. They'll patiently wash their hands thoroughly for 20 seconds and won't touch their faces.

If we could keep kids six feet apart and have parents react promptly and responsibly, spreading lice would never be an issue.

I disagree that no education is worse than no life, and I think it's a false argument.  Distance learning may not be optimal, but it can be effective.  The fact that we haven't managed it at the end of a school year with no preparation doesn't mean it can't be done.  There are places where geographic isolation requires distance learning and other families who choose distance learning as a homeschool option.  I am sure that if MCPS focuses its efforts (and puts its ego aside), we can have a functional educational approach in place by fall.  [/quote]

What you describe is true but there are still many many less connections than occur in HS where kids are mixing with different kids for every class and in the hallways between every class in addition to what you describe.  [/quote]

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